Search references for HEAP. Phrases containing HEAP
See searches and references containing HEAP!HEAP
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Heap, heap, or heaps in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Heap or HEAP may refer to: Heap (data structure), a data structure commonly used to implement
Heap
British musician (born 1977)
Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap (born 9 December 1977) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur. She is considered a pioneer
Imogen_Heap
Computer science data structure
In computer science, a heap is a tree-based data structure that satisfies the heap property: In a max heap, for any given node C, if P is the parent node
Heap_(data_structure)
Technique in computer security
In computer security, heap spraying is a technique used in exploits to facilitate arbitrary code execution. The part of the source code of an exploit that
Heap_spraying
Logical paradox from vague predicates
known as the paradox of the heap, is a paradox that results from vague predicates. A typical formulation involves a heap of sand, from which grains are
Sorites_paradox
Surname list
Heap is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bob Heap, English footballer Brian Heap, British biologist Dan Heap, Canadian politician David
Heap_(surname)
Software anomaly
A heap overflow, heap overrun, or heap smashing is a type of buffer overflow that occurs in the heap data area. Heap overflows are exploitable in a different
Heap_overflow
Variant of heap data structure
binary heap is a heap data structure that takes the form of a binary tree. Binary heaps are a common way of implementing priority queues. The binary heap was
Binary_heap
Arbitrary code execution technique
In computer security, heap feng shui (also known as heap grooming) is a technique used in exploits to facilitate arbitrary code execution. The technique
Heap_feng_shui
British actor and comedian (born 1957)
Mark Heap (born 13 May 1957) is a British actor and comedian. Television credits include Ghost Train (1991), Smith & Jones (1997–1998), Brass Eye (1997–2001)
Mark_Heap
Sorting algorithm using the heap data structure
array into a heap (a data structure where each node is greater than its children) and then repeatedly removes the largest node from that heap, placing it
Heapsort
Data structure for priority queues
computer science, a weak heap is a data structure for priority queues, combining features of the binary heap and binomial heap. It can be stored in an
Weak_heap
Computer memory management methodology
portions from a large pool of memory called the heap or free store. At any given time, some parts of the heap are in use, while some are "free" (unused) and
Memory_management
American football player (born 1980)
Todd Benjamin Heap (born March 16, 1980) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for 12 seasons in the National Football
Todd_Heap
Data structure for priority queue operations
computer science, a Fibonacci heap is a data structure for priority queue operations, consisting of a collection of heap-ordered trees. It has a better
Fibonacci_heap
Priority queue data structure
instead of 2. Thus, a binary heap is a 2-heap, and a ternary heap is a 3-heap. According to Tarjan and Jensen et al., d-ary heaps were invented by Donald B
D-ary_heap
Industrial mining process used to extract precious metals from ore
Heap leaching is an industrial mining process used to extract precious metals, copper, uranium, and other compounds from ore using a series of chemical
Heap_leaching
Data structure that acts as a priority queue
science, a binomial heap is a data structure that acts as a priority queue. It is an example of a mergeable heap (also called meldable heap), as it supports
Binomial_heap
Series of fantasy novels
Septimus Heap is a series of children's fantasy novels featuring a protagonist of the same name; the series is written by English author Angie Sage. It
Septimus_Heap
Game of strategy
which two players take turns removing (or "nimming") objects from distinct heaps or piles. On each turn, a player must remove at least one object, and may
Nim
Pile built of accumulated spoil
areas, such as England and Wales, they are referred to as slag heaps and sometimes as pit heaps. In Scotland the word bing is used. In North American English
Spoil_tip
Semi-reclaimed industrial dumping ground in the Czech Republic
Buštěhrad slag heap (Czech: Buštěhradská halda; 357 metres (1,171 ft) asl) is a huge artificial hill between municipalities of Kladno-Vrapice, Buštěhrad
Buštěhrad_slag_heap
In computer science, a randomized meldable heap (also Meldable Heap or Randomized Meldable Priority Queue) is a priority queue based data structure in
Randomized_meldable_heap
English phrase
The phrase "ash heap of history", is a derogatory metaphoric reference to oblivion of things no longer relevant. In 1887 the English essayist Augustine
Ash_heap_of_history
Jimmy Heap (March 3, 1922 - December 3, 1977) was an American country musician who was popular in the 1950s. He was the original artist for Release Me
Jimmy_Heap
Variant of heap data structure
A pairing heap is a type of heap data structure with relatively simple implementation and excellent practical amortized performance, introduced by Michael
Pairing_heap
1995 American TV series or program
when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide. The segment follows Ryan and Wade Heap, who cannot have a pet because their father is allergic to pets. They decide
Klutter!
priority queue (DEPQ) or double-ended heap or priority deque is a data structure similar to a priority queue or heap, but allows for efficient removal of
Double-ended_priority_queue
Computer data structure
science, a min-max heap is a complete binary tree data structure which combines the usefulness of both a min-heap and a max-heap, that is, it provides
Min-max_heap
The discography of Imogen Heap consists of four studio albums, three extended plays, one compilation album, two soundtrack albums, 33 singles (including
Imogen_Heap_discography
Old dump for domestic waste
køkkenmøddinger (plural) was first used by Japetus Steenstrup to describe shell heaps and continues to be used by some researchers. A midden, by definition, contains
Midden
Algebraic structure with a ternary operation
semiheaps, heaps, and generalized heaps. Груда contrasts with группа (group) which was taken into Russian by transliteration. Indeed, a heap has been called
Heap_(mathematics)
Error type in Java programming
In the Java programming language, heap pollution is a situation that arises when a variable of a parameterized type refers to an object that is not of
Heap_pollution
Comic book character
The Heap is the name of several fictional comic book muck-monsters, the original of which first appeared in Hillman Periodicals' Air Fighters Comics #3
Heap_(comics)
Binary tree heap data structure
A skew heap (or self-adjusting heap) is a heap data structure implemented as a binary tree. Skew heaps are advantageous because of their ability to merge
Skew_heap
2005 single by Imogen Heap
singer Imogen Heap and released on 19 May 2005 as the first single from her second album Speak for Yourself. Written and produced by Heap, the a cappella
Hide and Seek (Imogen Heap song)
Hide_and_Seek_(Imogen_Heap_song)
American publisher
Jane Heap (November 1, 1883 – June 18, 1964) was an American publisher and a significant figure in the development and promotion of literary modernism
Jane_Heap
Data structure for priority queues
a skew binomial heap (or skew binomial queue) is a data structure for priority queue operations. It is a variant of the binomial heap that supports constant-time
Skew_binomial_heap
1991 American TV series or program
Top of the Heap is an American sitcom that ran for seven episodes on Fox from April 7 until May 19, 1991, the most successful (as it was the only one to
Top_of_the_Heap
Comparison-based sorting algorithm
a Max-Heap/Min-Heap to achieve sorting. It usually involves the following four steps. Build a Max-Heap(Min-Heap): put all the data into the heap so that
Adaptive_heap_sort
American actress
Jessica Heap is an American former actress. She is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Eden Baldwin on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless
Jessica_Heap
Musical instrument
and finger gestures. The gloves were developed by British musician Imogen Heap and her team, aiming to create an innovative way of interacting with music
Mi.Mu_Gloves
English retired gymnast (born 1973)
Craig Heap (born 10 July 1973) is a retired Commonwealth Games Gold medal winning gymnast, who has represented England over 100 times in various international
Craig_Heap
Variant on the simple heap data structure
In computer science, a soft heap is a variant on the simple heap data structure that has constant amortized time complexity for 5 types of operations.
Soft_heap
heap (also called a meldable heap) is an abstract data type, which is a heap supporting a merge operation. A mergeable heap supports the usual heap operations:
Mergeable_heap
Musical artist
Soft Heap (or Soft Head) was a Canterbury scene and jazz-rock supergroup founded in January 1978 and active throughout the Eighties. Main source: Jazz-rock
Soft_Heap_(band)
Ireland-based actor (1949–2025)
David Richard Heap (21 May 1949 – 30 December 2025) was an English-born Ireland-based actor. Born in Cinderford, Gloucestershire, Heap initially worked
David_Heap_(actor)
Mountain in Germany
Monte Kali and Kalimanjaro are local colloquial names for the spoil heap or spoil tip that towers over the town of Heringen, Hesse, Germany. It is one
Monte_Kali
British children's book illustrator (born 1954)
Sue Heap (born 1954) is a British children's book illustrator. She has illustrated over thirty books, some of which she also wrote – including Cowboy Baby
Sue_Heap
Canadian politician and Anglican priest (1925–2014)
Daniel James Macdonnell Heap (September 24, 1925 – April 25, 2014) was a Canadian activist and politician. Heap served as a Member of Parliament with
Dan_Heap
8th episode of the 1st season of Fargo
"The Heap" is the eighth episode of the first season of the FX anthology series Fargo. The episode aired on June 3, 2014 in the United States on FX. It
The_Heap_(Fargo)
Virtual machine that runs Java programs
foreign to allocate/deallocate memory outside the Java heap. Due to Java primarily using heap-based allocation, objects are stored as references, and
Java_virtual_machine
American politician
Justin Heap. https://www.azeducationvoterguide.com/candidate/state-house/heap-ralph/ Priest, Reagan (January 5, 2025). "New Faces: Ralph Heap". Arizona
Ralph_Heap
Method of generating all permutations of n objects
Heap's algorithm generates all possible permutations of n objects. It was first proposed by B. R. Heap in 1963. The algorithm minimizes movement: it generates
Heap's_algorithm
2014 studio album by Imogen Heap
Sparks is the fourth studio album by English singer Imogen Heap, released on 19 August 2014 through Megaphonic Records in the United Kingdom and through
Sparks_(Imogen_Heap_album)
Comparison-based sorting algorithm
maximum. Also like heapsort, the priority queue is an implicit heap data structure (a heap-ordered implicit binary tree), which occupies a prefix of the
Smoothsort
Optimal data structure for priority queues
Fibonacci heap is a priority queue data structure with low worst case time bounds. It matches the amortized time bounds of the Fibonacci heap in the worst
Strict_Fibonacci_heap
English electronic duo
Frou are an English electronic duo composed of musician and singer Imogen Heap and record producer Guy Sigsworth. They released their only studio album
Frou_Frou
B-heap is a binary heap implemented to keep subtrees in a single page. This reduces the number of pages accessed by up to a factor of ten for big heaps
B-heap
Puppet design, fabrication and production company
Puppet Heap, LLC is a puppet design, fabrication and production company currently based in Bloomfield, New Jersey. The company was founded by artist and
Puppet_Heap
English tv and radio reporter (b.1966)
Tom Heap (born 3 January 1966 in Hertford, Hertfordshire) is an English television and radio reporter and presenter best known for his contributions to
Tom_Heap
American politician
Justin Heap is an American politician and Republican who has served as Recorder of Maricopa County since 2025. He is a former member of the Arizona House
Justin_Heap
British trade union leader and politician
Cecil Heap (1902 – 24 March 1967) was a British trade union leader and politician. The son of Fred Heap, Cecil was born in Bury, then in Lancashire. In
Cecil_Heap
In computer science, a 2–3 heap is a data structure that implements a priority queue. It is a variation on the heap, designed by Tadao Takaoka in 1999
2–3_heap
American football player (1931–2011)
Joseph Lawrence Heap (October 26, 1931 – April 6, 2011) was an American professional football halfback who played for the National Football League's (NFL)
Joe_Heap
1998 studio album by Imogen Heap
British singer-songwriter Imogen Heap. It was released on 16 June 1998 by Almo Sounds. The album was primarily written by Heap, starting when she was 15 years
I_Megaphone
Abstract data type in computer science
queues are often implemented using heaps, they are conceptually distinct. A priority queue can be implemented with a heap or with other methods; just as a
Priority_queue
Canadian historian and academic
Ruby Heap (born 1955) is a Canadian historian and academic specializing in the history of women, gender, science, engineering, and technology. She is Professor
Ruby_Heap
Native American artist
Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne name: Hock E Aye Vi) is a multi-disciplinary artist. His art contributions include public art messages, large-scale drawings
Edgar_Heap_of_Birds
English children's writer, born 1952
1952) is an English author of children's literature, including the Septimus Heap series, the TodHunter Moon trilogy, and the Araminta Spook series (Araminta
Angie_Sage
2005 studio album by Imogen Heap
singer Imogen Heap. It was released on 18 July 2005 in the United States. The album was written, produced, arranged, and funded by Heap, without the backing
Speak_for_Yourself
Algorithm for finding shortest paths
using a self-balancing binary search tree, binary heap, pairing heap, Fibonacci heap or a priority heap as a priority queue to implement extracting minimum
Dijkstra's_algorithm
New Zealand pioneer educator (1870–1960)
Sarah Heap (27 November 1870 – 14 July 1960) was a New Zealand physical education teacher and drill mistress who became the country's leading authority
Sarah_Heap
Topics referred to by the same term
Uriah Heep may refer to: Uriah Heep (David Copperfield), a character in the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield Uriah Heep (band), a British rock band
Uriah_Heep
British caver
David Heap (14 March 1941 – 23 February 1995) was a largely responsible for the opening up and development of caving and potholing in Northern Norway in
David_Heap
English cricketer
Russell Heap (born 6 December 1968) is an English former first-class cricketer. Heap was born at Leeds and was educated at Ipswich School, before going
Russell_Heap
Class of mathematical game
Octal games are a subclass of heap games that involve removing tokens (game pieces or stones) from heaps of tokens. They have been studied in combinatorial
Octal_game
Topics referred to by the same term
John Heap may refer to: John Heap (geographer) (1932–2006), English polar scientist John Heap (athlete) (1907–2000), English athlete who competed for Great
John_Heap
British biologist (born 1935)
Sir Robert Brian Heap CBE FRS (born 27 February 1935) is a British biological scientist. He was educated at New Mills Grammar School in the Peak District
Brian_Heap
American politician
James C. "Jim" Heap (February 17, 1935 – December 23, 2013) was an American businessman and politician. Born in New York City, Heap served in the United
James_C._Heap
British comedy television series
created and written by Simon Mayhew-Archer and starring Dawn French and Mark Heap. The series premiered on 7 January 2026 on BBC One. In February 2026, it
Can You Keep a Secret? (TV series)
Can_You_Keep_a_Secret?_(TV_series)
English cricketer
Timothy Michael Heap (born 2 March 1969) is a former English cricketer. Heap was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium. He was born in Wakefield
Timothy_Heap
Canadian politician and labour leader (1885–1954)
Abraham Albert Heaps (1885–1954), known as A. A. Heaps, was a Canadian politician and labour leader. A strong labourite, he served as MP for Winnipeg
A._A._Heaps
Concept in game theory
strategy. Heap games are a subclass of impartial games that involve the disjunctive sum of various single-heap games. Single-heap positions, or Γ-heaps are
Impartial_game
shadow heap is a mergeable heap data structure which supports efficient heap merging in the amortized sense. More specifically, shadow heaps make use
Shadow_heap
Mathematical game
single heap of objects, and the two players take turn splitting a single heap into two heaps of different sizes. The game ends when only heaps of size
Grundy's_game
A Kinetic Heap is a kinetic data structure, obtained by the kinetization of a heap. It is designed to store elements (keys associated with priorities)
Kinetic_heap
Surname list
Elizabeth Heaps, English academic and archivist Jake Heaps (born 1991), American football player Jay Heaps (born 1976), American soccer player Lindsey Heaps (born
Heaps_(surname)
1972 film
Top of the Heap is a 1972 American drama film directed by and starring Christopher St. John. A Washington D.C. police officer, George Lattimer (St. John)
Top_of_the_Heap_(film)
English engineer
William Heap III (23 September 1826 – 10 March 1912) was an English civil engineer and industrialist who principally worked on the building of railway
William_Heap
2006 studio album by Blue Sky Black Death
A Heap of Broken Images is the debut studio album by American hip-hop production duo Blue Sky Black Death. It was released by Mush Records in 2006. The
A_Heap_of_Broken_Images
American football player (born 1994)
Lindsey Michelle Heaps (née Horan; /həˈræn/ hə-RAN; born May 26, 1994) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Denver
Lindsey_Heaps
Footballer (born 2001)
Aaron John Harrison Heap (born 14 May 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ardley United. Born in England, he represented Northern
Aaron_Heap
Sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism
Ratnakūṭa Sūtra (寶積經), literally the Sutra of the Heap of Jewels in Sanskrit (kūṭa means ‘accumulation’ or ‘heap’). The Mahāratnakūṭa contains many important
Mahāratnakūṭa_Sūtra
English record producer and songwriter (born 1960)
including Seal, Björk, Goldie, Madonna, Britney Spears, Kate Havnevik, Imogen Heap, Bebel Gilberto, Mozez, David Sylvian, Alanis Morissette, Eric Whitacre,
Guy_Sigsworth
Data organization and storage formats
Bx-tree Heap Min-max heap Binary heap B-heap Weak heap Binomial heap Fibonacci heap AF-heap Leonardo heap 2–3 heap Soft heap Pairing heap Leftist heap Treap
List_of_data_structures
Island in Antarctica
Heap Island (65°50′S 65°43′W / 65.833°S 65.717°W / -65.833; -65.717) is an island off the southeast coast of Renaud Island in the Biscoe Islands of
Heap_Island
American former obstetrician-gynecologist convicted of sexual assault
James M. Heaps is a former UCLA Health obstetrician-gynecologist who faced criminal charges and civil lawsuits alleging he sexually assaulted and harassed
James_M._Heaps
2009 studio album by Imogen Heap
album from British singer-songwriter Imogen Heap. After returning from a round the world writing trip, Heap completed the album at her childhood home in
Ellipse_(album)
Word heaping is a technique used for text justification in Arabic script, in which one word can be placed over another to save space on the line. Arabic
Word_heaping
HEAP
HEAP
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire)
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire) : variant of Heap.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Royce.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads named Røyse, from Old Norse hreysi ‘heap of stones’.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Reus (or the variant Reuse), Reuss (or the variant Reusse).
Surname or Lastname
Irish (Ulster)
Irish (Ulster) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÃr, meaning ‘long-lasting’. In Ireland this name is found in County Armagh; it has also long been established in Scotland.Irish : Anglicized form of Ó hAichir ‘descendant of Aichear’, a personal name derived from the epithet aichear ‘fierce’, ‘sharp’. In Ireland this name is more commonly Anglicized as O’Hehir.English : nickname for a swift runner (possibly a speedy messenger) or a timorous person, from Middle English hare ‘hare’. However, the surname Ayer and its variants was sometimes recorded as Hare.English : topographic name from an Old English hær ‘rock’, ‘heap of stones’, ‘tumulus’.French : according to Morlet, an occupational name for a huntsman, from a medieval French call used to urge on the hounds, or, in the form Haré, from the past participle of harer ‘to excite, stir up (hounds in pursuit of a quarry)’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Haugh.German : topographic name from Middle High German houfe ‘heap’, e.g. of stones, or in southern Germany, a nickname from the same word in the sense ‘crowd’, ‘group of soldiers’.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Lancashire)
English (chiefly Lancashire) : habitational name from Heap Bridge in Lancashire, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a hill or heap, from Old English hēap ‘heap’, ‘mound’, ‘hill’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places called Harlow. One in West Yorkshire is probably named from Old English hær ‘rock’, ‘heap of stones’ + hlÄw ‘mound’, ‘hill’; those in Essex and Northumberland have Old English here ‘army’ as the first element, perhaps in the sense ‘host’, ‘assembly’.English : There is also a record of this name as a variant of Cornish Penhollow.
Surname or Lastname
Irish (especially County Waterford)
Irish (especially County Waterford) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÉamhthaigh ‘descendant of Éamhthach’, an adjective meaning ‘swift’.English : habitational name from Heapey in Lancashire, named in Old English as ‘(rose)hip hedge or enclosure’, hēope ‘hip’ + hege ‘hedge’ or gehæg ‘enclosure’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an agent derivative of Middle English strike(n) ‘to stroke, smooth’, applied as an occupational name for someone whose job was to fill level measures of grain by passing a flat stick over the brim of the measure, thus removing any heaped excess.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Heap.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a heap of some kind, from Middle English reke ‘stack’, ‘heap’.German : from Radeke, a pet form of a Germanic personal name formed with rÄd ‘advice’, ‘counsel’.Altered spelling of German Reeck.
Surname or Lastname
English (now mainly in Scotland; also West Midlands and Welsh border)
English (now mainly in Scotland; also West Midlands and Welsh border) : habitational name from places in Shropshire and West Yorkshire, so named from Old English hær ‘rock’, ‘heap of stones’ or hara ‘hare’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’. In some cases the name may be topographic.Irish : when not of English origin, this is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarghaile ‘descendant of Earghal’, a variant of the personal name Fearghal without the initial F- (see Farrell).
Boy/Male
Indian
Heaped sand
Surname or Lastname
English (Leicestershire)
English (Leicestershire) : metonymic occupational name for a maker of palliasses (straw mattresses), from Middle English, Old French pa(i)llet ‘heap of straw’, ‘straw mattress’, a diminutive of Old French paille ‘straw’.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Heaped sand
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of several places in Cheshire called Finney or from Fenay in West Yorkshire, probably named from Old English fīnig ‘heap’ (especially one of wood), or from Old English and Old Norse finn ‘coarse grass’ + (ge)hæg ‘enclosure’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : from the rare Old English masculine personal name Mocca, which may be related to a Germanic stem mokk- ‘to accumulate’, ‘to be heaped up’, and hence may originally have been a nickname for a heavy, thickset person. Alternatively, it could be from Middle English mokke ‘trick’, ‘joke’, ‘jest’, ‘act of jeering’, a derivative of mokke(n) ‘to mock’, from Old French moquer.German : variant of Maag.German : nickname for a short, thickset man, Middle High German mocke.Dutch : nickname from Middle Dutch mocke ‘dirty or wanton woman’, ‘slut’, or from West Flemish mokke ‘fat child’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : Reaney identifies this as a habitational name from Roselands Farm in Ulcombe, Kent. However, he gives only one (late) citation, and the surname, if it exists at all in the United Kingdom, is now very rare.Americanized form of Norwegian Røys(e)land, a habitational name from about 30 farmsteads, many in Agder, named from Old Norse reysi ‘heap of stones’ + land ‘land’, ‘farmstead’.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Lancashire)
English (chiefly Lancashire) : habitational name from Great or Little Horrocks in Greater Manchester, so named from the plural of the dialect term hurrock ‘heaped-up pile of loose stones or rubbish’ (of uncertain origin).
Girl/Female
Muslim
The effusion of them, A high heap
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Heap.German : variant of Heeb.
HEAP
HEAP
Boy/Male
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Muslim
Safeguard
Male
African
a lord, a possessor.
Boy/Male
Irish
Old hero.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu
First Ray of Sunlight
Girl/Female
English
From the meadow.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Making sweet, binding together.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Lover of God's Grace
Girl/Female
Tamil
Prarthana | பà¯à®°à®¾à®°à¯à®¤à®¨à®¾
Prayer
Girl/Female
Tamil
Peace
Female
Russian
(ÐаталÑ) Russian and Ukrainian form of Latin Natalia, NATALIYA means "birthday," or in Church Latin "Christmas day."Â
HEAP
HEAP
HEAP
HEAP
HEAP
n.
A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain.
imp. & p. p.
of Heap
n.
A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its burrows. Called also biscacha, bizcacha, vischacha, vishatscha.
n.
A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of earth or stones.
v. t.
To pile, or heap, up.
n.
A heap.
v. t.
To open or spread from a cock or heap, as hay.
n.
A heap; a rick.
v. t.
To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to heap on wood or coal.
v. t.
To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.
n.
a flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process.
n.
One who heaps, piles, or amasses.
n.
A row or line of hay raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cocks or heaps.
n.
A great quantity or heap.
v. t.
To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.
a.
Lying in heaps.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Heap
v. t.
To heap up in ricks, as hay, etc.
a.
Consisting in a heap; formed or being in a heap or hillock.
v. t.
To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit.